The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-24
PRAYER DID 1T.
Carrie c. Webb's Story OF Her Faith
Cure.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

Miss Carrie G. Webb, whose remarkable
cure by prayer was announced a few days
ago in dispatch from Northport, L. l.,
lives at 4l6 Gold street, in this city. She
is % years old, of slender form, with large
gray eyes and an abundance of dark brown
black hair. In relating her experience she
is earnest and composed in manner and con-
vinces her hearers that she really believes
more than human agency was interested in
her behalf. Miss Webb is well known in
Brooklyn. For several years she has been
a teacher i'll the Hanson place Baptist
Church. Her father is deacon in the Bed
ford avenue Church, of which the Rev.
Hiram Hutchins, who is reported also to
have worked faith cures, is pastor. Her
brother. the Rev. Tomas NJ. Webb, through
whom Miss Webb was led to attempt a faith
cure, has been a clergyman for many years
and is man well along i'll life. He is the
oldest of nine children, of whom Miss
Carrie is the youngest. Deacon Webbs
large family have been brought up rehg-
iously and, according to the prevailing
opinion of those who believe a cure of
physical ills by prayer is possible. Pastor
Webb and Miss Carrie have the capabilities
for faith necessary to the success of the APP
peal for divine interposition. In relating
the circumstance of the alleged miraculous
cure TO reporter last night, Miss Carrie
said that she was sorry on some accounts
that there had been anything published
about her case, II do not like the publicity"
she said. There are so many that will
only ridicule the deed and all connected
with it. But suppose it may do some
good, however, to have the facts known, as
some person afflicted as | was may chance
to read them and believe that what was
possible with me may be possible with them.
had been in declining health for seven
years. | had suffered during this time
with bronchitis and had painful cough.
My general health began to be sadly affected.
Finally was obliged to give up all work.
My mind had shared in the decline of my
health. / was not really insane, but had
strange and uncomfortable fancies. / am
naturally Of a cheerful and lively disposition,
and when | became so morbid and despond-
ent that nothing would rouse me my friends
feared that was going, yielding to some
fatal disease To add to my ills last
winter had neuralgia, which served still
further to reduce my general health and
aggravate my other troubles. | offered
prayed that l might die, as | was of no use
to myself or TO anyone else. Finally, about
two months ago, went TO Northport, where
my brother lived, in the hopes that change
of scene would do me good. My father and
sister came to the railroad station to see me
off and | saw tears in nv fathers eyes. |
asked my sister If he was crying for me.
She said he was, and thought that If his
tears could not bring me back to myself
nothing could But there was a cure await
ing me more powerful than fathers love.
At Northport | went first to stay with my
cousin, as there were visitors at my
brothers house. Here for a month my
health continued to decline. My cousin
thought | was sleeping as | lay for hours on
the lounge with a handkerchief over my
face But ! was always wide awake and
my thoughts were running riot while | felt
too weak and weary to bestir myself to get
away from them. NY mind would fasten
itself on one subject and could not rid my
self Of it. My cousin and my aunt, with
whom | stayed later, feared for my life.
good than the other doctors who had at
tended me. When ! went to my brothers
house had not heard a word about the
two persons whom he had anointed with
oil One of these was a woman who had
pneumonia and was not expected to live.
She was well the day after the amounting.
The other case was equally successful. As
| said, did not know that my brother had
worked any faith cures, and the first time |
thought on the subject Of such treatment
was when lay IN his library one day. |
glanced from the lounge to a row of books
and my eye lighted on the title of one
volume. 1t was book on faith cure. /
took it down and read from 1t. 1t referred
to James ", IA. where it says that the prayer
of faith shall save the sick and directs that
the afflicted person shall call for the elders
of the church and that they shall pray over
him and anoint him with oil in the name of
the Lord. l did not apply the idea of faith
cure to my own case then. though l was
impressed with the remarkable nature of
the fact recorded in the book. | thought
over the fact that the verse in James was
written after Christ had assembled into
heaven and that it therefore applied to the
time when he was not on the earth in
person and was applicable as much to the
present as to any time.
"That very afternoon my brother came to
me and said, Carrie, | wish to see you for a
moment alone in the library Ever since |
had been to visit him this time had felt a
strange fear of him and l felt at that
moment afraid that he intended to correct
me for my seeming incidence. | went into
the library with him and he turned to me
and said: Carrie, have you ever thought
of faith cureF / told him of the event of
the day, but said had never thought that
it would do for me- said was not good
enough-had not sufficient faith TO re-
ceive such blessing from the Lord. He
argued with me and said would think it
over. | read the book on faith cure 1t
said that sickness came from Satan and not
from the Lord It was often due to some
thoughtless acts of our own, such as expos
ing ourselves to colds by going to dances
and card parties, perhaps Then thought,
did my illness como from any such cause
came to see that | had aggravated my
troubles by worrying and praying to die,
instead of trusting in the Lords mercy, and
| decided that the book told the truth. en-
the third day after our talk | went TO my
brother and told him | was ready to be
amounted. / thought of the wonderful case
of Miss Hutchius, the daughter of Pastor
Hutchins, of the Bedford avenue Church,
who, after being bedridden for six years,
was suddenly restored to strength by prayer
two years ago, and began to have faith.
NV brother sent for the Presbyterian
minister, and when he had arrived we went
into the library The service was very i'm
pressive and wept all the time it was
going on. did not feel any better the next
day, and expressed doubt TO my brother
that the mere pouring of sweet oil on my
head would do me any good. He, however,
said il was like baptism and the oil was
only symbol. However, / continued to
grow worse At family prayers when we
all prayed aloud ] continued TO ask that
the cloud be lifted from my life. NY
brother upbraided me for this as he said il
was not right to the Lord, as he could see
that bad improved every day since the
amounting II was was just one week after
the amounting that awoke one morning in
main and prayed Col To LET me